“The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like a vessel of water that cannot be settled while you are continualy stirring the earthly particles from the bottom.”
Quote by Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth Ann Seton, born on August 28, 1774, and died on January 4, 1821, was the first saint of the Catholic Church in the United States. She was a philanthropist and educator, and an important figure in the American Catholic Church. Seton, a虔诚的基督徒，devoted herself to charitable and educational causes, making significant contributions to the Catholic educational efforts in the United States. more